Strangers

I look at you You look at me There are many things we fail to see Your eyes quickly look down Indifferent to a smile or frown I'm just a random person Just a fragment of your day You are so fast to look away What if you were to say a word Greet me quietly A sign of knowing I'm there Do you know what I'm thinking? How my life is? Try as hard as you can To look closer To see me for who I really am Am I still a stranger to you now? Did you steal a glimpse into me? Was it my soul your afraid to see? An empty reflection of who I used to be? Or who you are? You don't take the time to really look. We walk our separate ways We are too shy to reach out our hands Too shy to ask to stay Too ignorant to know Too into ourselves to care and emotion show We are strangers still and again

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